✧ Team Builder | Creative Leader | Former Head @SonySantaMonica & EP @GODOFWAR There’s a thread in the best teams… and you know when it's missing
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Doubt isn’t a warning. It might be a message.
Read more here 👇🏻
✧ Doubt Isn’t the Problem ✧ shannonstudstill.substack.co…
It's never been this brutal.
Behind every layoff are thousands of human stories... a leader trying to stay steady even as the team they built is pulled apart, a teammate feeling the loss of close partnership, various people still at work wondering if their efforts even matter.
Because even in the hardest seasons, the instinct to build, to create, and to imagine something new together doesn’t disappear.
Not every team needs more direction.
Sometimes, all they need is stability and a steady presence to anchor the pace of their fast moving machine.
✧ When You Are Centered ✧ shannonstudstill.substack.co…
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I miss you, Pops ❣️
Happy Father’s Day.
You’re with me every day… woven into how I learn, how I live, how I lead, and how I love.
You won’t always recognize the moment.
…trust is what turns uncertainty into a path.
The risk becomes the career.
✦ The First Leap ✦
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~ Belief at the Center of Trust ~
All we need sometimes... is for someone to say:
I see you. I believe in you. I trust you. Go build.
↯ Read the full story on belief, trust, and the moments that shape us:
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What do you hold onto when everything shifts?
After decades building creative teams through reboots and reinventions, I’ve learned this:
Trust is the only thing that carries through.
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So rad to see these two on stage together.
Back at #DICE2025, @Neil_Druckmann (@Naughty_Dog) and @corybarlog (@SonySantaMonica) had a chat about their successes, leaps of faith, the state of the industry, what inspires them both to keep creating, and more!
Watch the full talk, out now on YouTube: youtu.be/iO29VnZ0K7U
amazing work everyone! #GodofWar
Here’s to you Bruno!… and to every single developer who helped us shape this legacy over the past 20 years. You’ve all built something timeless. Here’s to 20 more! #GodofWar
20 years ago the Ghost of Sparta was born. My journey with Kratos began as a fan and I feel extremely blessed and lucky to have been part of @SonySantaMonica for many years now. I want to send a special thanks to all the fans who have supported us throughout this adventure as well as every single developer who has contributed to this franchise over its 20 year history. Here is to 20 more! 🙏 #GodofWar
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Zoooooooos
32 bosses. Over 250,000 votes. Dozens of legendary battles. One winner. The fans have spoken and a champion is crowned!
The winner of the God of War 20th Anniversary Pantheon Pummel, certified hall of famer, the best to ever do it, and forever GOAT status is...
🏆 [ZEUS]! 🏆
ALT A portrait image of Zeus from God of War. The banner atop his head says WINNER.
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Behind every amazing franchise are the people who make it. Their talent, creativity, skill and passion allowed us to enjoy brilliant games for 20 years. To all at Santa Monica Studio, Ready at Dawn, and everyone who'd ever contributed to God of War through the years - thank you!
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No fictional world in existence has touched my soul as much as God of War, and no character means more to me than Kratos. The joy it's given me is hard to overstate. I'm so grateful to everyone who's ever touched it.
Happy 20th, God of War and Kratos! Here's to AT LEAST 20 more!
